Almost moving time!

[Gina]

Lindsey good luck on your new place. I didn't realized you were moving in already. Post some photos asap I would love to see them. Sounds really pretty. Poor Lalya I guess she has to get use to her new surroundings.. Good luck!

[Janet]

Don't know how I missed so much of this....post some pics Lindsey!!! Pretty please????

[Marilyn]

Sounds like you're getting settled!! Dark colors are sooo hard to paint. Sometimes roller stokes can be a problem, sounds like that's not one for you though. Ah, home ownership!!

Hope all works out well and you have a nice visit with your friends this weekend!!!!

[Lindsey]

Unfortunately, it's not going to be done by tomorrow night. I have barely slept in the past 3 weeks and I've gotten even more sick. I caught Scott's cold and it's been terrible. I took yesterday off work, got the painting done and got my cable and internet hooked up. Last night the plan was to get my bed put together and unpack my room. Scott couldn't remember where he put the screws and wood dowels for my bed and we tore the place apart until 1 am looking for them. Things just keep going wrong and I had to just sit down and cry. When I started I couldn't stop. I have been so stressed out.
I finally got to sleep around 3 and when my alarm went off at 5:50 there was no way I could get up... my head was pounding and I was so stuffed up. I took a sick morning and slept until 10, and then I got up and had my first bath in my deep soaker tub with "Cranilla" epsom salts. Wow. If I bought my condo just for that tub it would be worth it!
Now at work we have a project that just came to my attention and it's huge and due tomorrow. They haven't even started the design yet. So it looks like I will be stuck in the office all night. I'm so sick of this b.s. that goes on at work. Last week Scott was working until 5:30 in the morning, two days in a row, because they decided to lay things on him last minute. It's so stressful and so unhealthy, and it's because the engineers sit on these projects until the last minute and then decide to work on them under the gun and then we're stuck here with them until all hours of the night.
I am so stressed out I just can't handle it.

[Marilyn]

Oh, Lindsey, so sorry you are going through all of this. No advise for you, just a shoulder to lean on. So hope you get well soon and everything comes together for you!!!

[gja1000]

Lindsay, what you are going through is pretty normal - moving being stressful, that is. Then when you throw in a crappy job situation, well, it makes it just downright awful!

I just hate fixing up the house, painting and all. It always puts me in a bad mood! We had a lot of the siding on our house replaced and the whole house painted - WHILE WE WERE GONE ON VACATION - cuz we hate the mess and bother of the repairs. It is always stressful, but worth it because it belongs to you. It will be just fine when it is over, I promise!

[Lindsey]

Well it's 9:30 pm and I'm still at work... STILL waiting for a design!!! The worst part is I can't now claim my morning as sick time so I'm just getting up to my 8 hours for the day (i just took an hour to go eat). I had to miss my last class at the gym and nothing is getting done on my condo tonight I won't even have a bed to sleep in yet. Poor Layla needs to be fed as soon as possible but I can't take any time to go home. The stupid restaurant took so long with our food!
Gayle, I told Scott that when we buy a house together we can hire someone to paint. He just said no it's more fun doing things together! This was when I had done days and days of painting. Then he painted ONE CLOSET and told me he hates painting and we should hire someone if we buy a house lol.

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by Lindsey

Gayle, I told Scott that when we buy a house together we can hire someone to paint. He just said no it's more fun doing things together! This was when I had done days and days of painting. Then he painted ONE CLOSET and told me he hates painting and we should hire someone if we buy a house lol.

Lindsay! My husband HATES to paint - he wouldn't even paint a closet!!! He would NEVER paint the outside of the house!!!

I'm sorry you had to stay at work all night last night. Hopefully, you'll get things finished up in the condo this weekend!

[Blueyes]

Oh Lindsey! I LOVE to paint and wallpaper and decorate! I wish I were closer so I could help you. You are just tired and sick sweetheart. Do try to get some rest

[judy]

Hi Linds!!!

Congratulations....you moved in

It is such hard work to unpack, clean, paint, etc.

I hired my SIL to do all of the work. It took months because he didn't finish up for so long a time.

I did learn from that experience, rushing to get it done is not so important. Maybe you could slow down a bit. I like to live in a place for a while before I start really decorating. I kind of get a feeling for the place, and what I want to do with it.

I am so happy for you. I hope Layla gets trained quickly. Yorkies are notorious
for using anything laying on the floor as a pee pad. I had the carpet picked up here right away and put down laminate.

By the way, I love red walls. I have several red walls here. It brings such depth
into the house IMO.

[Lindsey]

Now that my friends have come and went, I can relax a little with the decorating On Thursday night, I wasn't able to leave the office until 6:30 am Scott and I got home, played a bit with our super hyper Layla, and then went to bed. We slept for 6 hours and got up at 12:30. We did get a lot done, but not enough. We just got home from shopping when my friend called and they were about 5 minutes away! As they were walking in the door I was rushing to get my hanging laundry out of the living room and put up my shower curtains and put food away! They jumped right in and helped. Scotts #1 and #2 (lol) hauled everything extra out into my storage shed on the deck so it was clean and clutter-free!

We had such a great weekend despite the rainy weather and record low temperatures! Our plans were all canceled but we went shopping and had some drinks and played games at home They bought me a new game as a housewarming present called Partini which was pretty fun. Before they left, Cherelle also handed me a Christmas ornament she had picked up while shopping. It's some snowflakes with a poem about friendship, and it was really sweet! We are both Christmas nuts, so it didn't surprise me that it's still the middle of summer and I got a Christmas ornament lol!

Last night we got new doorknobs put on and some pictures hung, and then I had a bubble bath and we ate chips, drank pop, and watched HGTV and the National Geographic channel before going to bed. It was so nice to just relax and not worry about how fast things were getting done!

Oh yeah, and I moved at a good time. My old roommate called me yesterday to make sure I still had the spare key to their place (she hasn't come to get it yet). On Saturday night, her new roommate had left the house at 5, locked the door, came back at midnight, unlocked the door, and found the whole house messed up. Someone had broken in! A laptop, a desktop computer, some shoes, and jewelry were stolen. I couldn't believe it when she told me. That's the second robbery in a year, although the last one was just on the deck. I couldn't imagine if we still lived there and Layla was home. Now I'm more glad than ever that I moved into a condo. She said she feels so violated and is scared to stay there alone.

[DianaB]

I'm glad that you can relax now. You really need to get some rest and get this sickness behind you and I think that a nice relaxing weekend is just what you need.

It sounds like you have great friends!! I love Christmas ornaments too so I can understand enjoying your gift.

It does sound like you moved at just the right time. Now you can feel all nice and safe in your new condo. I'm so anxious for pictures when you get done decorating!!!

[MaddieBoo]

Originally Posted by Lindsey

Now that my friends have come and went, I can relax a little with the decorating On Thursday night, I wasn't able to leave the office until 6:30 am Scott and I got home, played a bit with our super hyper Layla, and then went to bed. We slept for 6 hours and got up at 12:30. We did get a lot done, but not enough. We just got home from shopping when my friend called and they were about 5 minutes away! As they were walking in the door I was rushing to get my hanging laundry out of the living room and put up my shower curtains and put food away! They jumped right in and helped. Scotts #1 and #2 (lol) hauled everything extra out into my storage shed on the deck so it was clean and clutter-free!

We had such a great weekend despite the rainy weather and record low temperatures! Our plans were all canceled but we went shopping and had some drinks and played games at home They bought me a new game as a housewarming present called Partini which was pretty fun. Before they left, Cherelle also handed me a Christmas ornament she had picked up while shopping. It's some snowflakes with a poem about friendship, and it was really sweet! We are both Christmas nuts, so it didn't surprise me that it's still the middle of summer and I got a Christmas ornament lol!

Last night we got new doorknobs put on and some pictures hung, and then I had a bubble bath and we ate chips, drank pop, and watched HGTV and the National Geographic channel before going to bed. It was so nice to just relax and not worry about how fast things were getting done!

Oh yeah, and I moved at a good time. My old roommate called me yesterday to make sure I still had the spare key to their place (she hasn't come to get it yet). On Saturday night, her new roommate had left the house at 5, locked the door, came back at midnight, unlocked the door, and found the whole house messed up. Someone had broken in! A laptop, a desktop computer, some shoes, and jewelry were stolen. I couldn't believe it when she told me. That's the second robbery in a year, although the last one was just on the deck. I couldn't imagine if we still lived there and Layla was home. Now I'm more glad than ever that I moved into a condo. She said she feels so violated and is scared to stay there alone.

That is so funny, I just got that game as well. It's pretty funny, hey?
It sounds like your place is really coming together!

[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by MaddieBoo

That is so funny, I just got that game as well. It's pretty funny, hey?
It sounds like your place is really coming together!

It is so much fun! There were a few times with the "straight up" card where we had to write about a person that we were all laughing so hard we were in tears!

Last night I went shopping for some extra stuff for the condo. I got a cute vase and a bunch of tall sticks (lol I don't know how else to describe it) for the back corner of the den/library area. It looks nicer than it sounds I also got 3 shelves to put on the wall in the living/dining area. Scott put those up before bedtime. The last thing I got was wicker laundry hampers, one with a divider with "Lights" and "Darks" and the other matching but just a bit smaller (for jeans ) They have lids which is nice to deter Layla from eating my socks!

On the topic of Layla, she went about 20 steps backwards in potty training. She is peeing EVERYWHERE. I just can't seem to get it all out of the carpet and it's terrible. I understand her not wanting to stay in the laundry room all day now because there's no ventilation and even though it's big and she has her food and water and bed far away from her pee pad, just one pee on it and the room smells so bad. It also gets really hot and humid in there with no air flow. It's making me want to pull my hair out. I know Scott is getting so frustrated too. I just keep telling him "It's not her, it's us" We need to spend more time training but it's really tough when we're both working.

She's also just being a brat in general. Anything we leave out is fair game for her to eat. Last weekend just before my friends left, she opened a zipper of my friend's suitcase and ate half a chocolate bar!!!! I was so worried because chocolate can be so bad, but it wasn't dark chocolate and my friend felt terrible so I didn't want to make her feel worse. They were on their way out so I thought I'd watch her and if she was acting weird I would take her to the vet but she didn't seem to have any problems at all. It just scared me a lot! She has also eaten soup, pasta, and chips in the last couple of weeks. She used to be way better behaved than this!!! Last night we woke up to her snooping through Scott's overnight bag, and the night before she pooped on the floor at the end of my bed I'm starting to feel like a really bad dog trainer. I don't know how to stop it.

Anyways, I'm hoping I will have most of my stuff in place by next weekend so I will get some pictures for you!

[Marilyn]

Lindsey, you might consider crate training Layla. It's really not cruel at all. Zoe uses a crate when we travel and when I go to set it up, she wants inside so bad she gets in the way. It's like her little room. Her's is the black wire kind, so she can see out and not feel trapped in. I often put a beach towel over it so it's like her cave. She goes nuts over anything with stuffing in it, and wants to hump it and growls if anyone comes near, so insted of a stuffed pad, I just fold a fluffy beach towel for the bottom and have a water bowl that clamps inside. Toss in one of her favorite toys and she's in good shape, and I don't have to worry about my friend's or family's floors when we are out shopping and such.

I used to put the dogs in crates while we were at work and they did fine. I'd leave them with water and little dry kibble. Hubby was able to let them out at lunch most of the time, but once in a while, they'd be there all day and they did fine. They were really anxious to use the potty when we got home though, and once in a while would have an accident, but by using towels in the crate, it's not hard to clean up if they do have an accident.

We are planning to get our house ready to sell, and may put new carpet in our living room and master bedroom, so if we do, ours will probably be back to being crated during the day.

Hope this helps. Most of the time when we are away from out pets, they are sleeping anyway. I don't know how they can sleep sooo long!!